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GlucoCEST imaging with on‐resonance variable delay multiple pulse (onVDMP) MRI
Author(s) -
Xu Xiang,
Xu Jiadi,
Chan Kannie W.Y.,
Liu Jing,
Liu Huanling,
Li Yuguo,
Chen Lin,
Liu Guanshu,
van Zijl Peter C.M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.27364
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance , pulse (music) , chemistry , signal (programming language) , continuous wave , nuclear medicine , physics , radiology , medicine , optics , computer science , laser , detector , programming language
Purpose To examine the detection sensitivity for the rapidly exchanging hydroxyl protons of D‐glucose using the recently developed on‐resonance variable delay multi‐pulse (onVDMP) chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) technique. Methods The onVDMP method was applied for the detection of water signal changes upon venous D‐glucose infusion in mice with 9L glioma xenografts. The effect size of onVDMP MRI during infusion was compared with that of conventional continuous wave (CW) CEST MRI. Results Both methods highlighted the tumor and the blood vessels on D‐glucose infusion. In interleaved studies, the mean signal changes detected by onVDMP were found to be 1.8 times higher than those by CW‐CEST, attributed to its high labeling efficiency for fast exchanging protons and the labeling of the OH protons over a larger frequency range. Conclusions The onVDMP method is a more sensitive technique for the detection of exogenous CEST agents with fast‐exchanging protons compared to CW‐CEST MRI.